Grandstand tickets, pre-fair discount gate admission tickets, pre-fair discount game/ride tickets, and Blue Ribbon Bargain Books are all available for purchase in person on the fairgrounds at the State Fair Box Office. Please see box office hours to the right.
We accept American Express, MasterCard, Visa, cash, or personal check made payable to Minnesota State Fair.
From June 4 through Aug. 4, the Minnesota State Fair Box Office is located at 1312 Cosgrove Street, just inside the fair’s Snelling Avenue main gates (Gate #5). At Snelling and Midway Parkway/Dan Patch Avenue, enter the main gates and take a left on Cosgrove Street.
The box office is located on the west side of the two-story red brick building immediately to your left (Admin Too). Lot and street parking is available.
From Aug. 7 through Aug. 22, the box office will be located at the Como Loop Gate (#9). Customers will access the ticket windows from outside the fairgrounds. Turn west on Como from Snelling, and drive approximately three blocks. Look for the Gate 9 sign on the north side of Como Avenue.
From Thursday, Aug. 23 though Monday, Sept. 3 the box office is located at the grandstand. (Grandstand concert tickets only are available for purchase at this location.)